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 Pen and Paper by Quisur at flickr Lyndsey Davis on writing: First, write it down, and then, get it right. Easy to say. Harder to do. And now I’m in summer. What about August writing? The double entendre intended, am I simply writing in the month of August or writing with a profoundly erudite bent? This blog leans to the former, though I have had my learned moments. With the summer’s heat and vacation time drawing family activities away from the normal work routines, August creates its own challenge for a writer. Acknowledging my dear friends down under, you can fill in your summer seasonal months where needed. So what's a writer to do?  Summer Heat by Sean McGrath at flickr Author Tara Moss quips, "Write. Start writing today. Start writing right now. Don’t write it right, just write it –and then make it right later. Give yourself the mental freedom to enjoy the process, because the process of writing is a long one. Be wary of 'writing rules' and advice. Do it your way." In that mode, I submit the following ten suggestions for making your summer writing work for you in a positive way. 1. Write. The first item for summer writing follows Tara's good advice. Write. Write in the spaces between the drive to visit relatives and the tour of Disneyland/world. Write before drifting off to sleep in the motel room. Write in the waiting room while the doctor sets your son's broken arm, which he got showing off to his new girl friend. Write. Anywhere. Everywhere. Daily.  Writing on Lap by ElvertBarnes at flickr 2. Journal your experiences. Write what you observe. Catalog the humor, the quirks and the vagaries that make summer unique. Create a resource folder and categorize items under characters, world building or ideas, etc. Store in your hard drive/notebook/file folder to be used later. Keep a pad handy (electronic or paper) and write your perceptions down. 3. Write with a goal in mind. Writing helter-skelter can be rewarding and prolific, but writing with a plan can be better. If you’ve got the writing pattern down (#1 and #2) it’s worth while creating a plan. So, if you haven't devised one, write out your goals. Sketch out the next year of writing so you have a clear end result in mind. Not only that, but beyond the end result. I recommend reading Karen Wiesner on The Productivity of Writing (Can Be Learned) 4. Set small goals, especially during vacation time, so you have the sense of accomplishment rather being overburdened with the guilt because not writing as much during the distractions messes with your average word count. 5. Set your publishing goal. Remember the Super Bowl? A famous coach once announced a week before the Super Bowl that he'd set the goal for his team to get to the Super Bowl. The reporter went to his bookie and put a bet on the other team and made some money. He'd interviewed the other coach, who'd said, "I've always dreamed of winning the Super Bowl." Be careful how you word it. You get what you ask for. It's a law of the universe. You can take Harry and Susan Squire's class on Talking Back to Your Brain for verification. 6. Make it part of your goal to learn something about the craft each month. Twelve new things a year or twelve aspects of writing to hone and improve. Take a class. Read a book on writing. Join/create a critique group. Take a SavvyAuthor workshop. Learn something new.  Writer's block by photosteve101 at flickr 7. Give yourself freedom to fail. Fear of failure paralyzes many from doing what they need to do. Winston Churchill said, “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” 8. Give yourself an atta-boy/girl for every word put to paper/file/disk/flash drive/cloud server. Hint: don't forget to save and back up your work. Celebrate the small stuff along with the way and party hardy for the big events.  Celebrate by Rosemoo of flickr 9. Seek balance in all aspects of your life. People in balance perform better than those who are out of balance. Ask any Olympian. Balance means saving time for you because you are worth it. Balance means doing the things to foster health and fitness, mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually. You know what to do. Just do it. Nike wasn’t the first to coin that phrase, they just capitalized on it. 10. Give back when you receive. Be grateful for what you have, no matter how small it seems. Be generous with your energies and efforts. “Cast your bread upon the waters and it will return sevenfold” ~ the Ecclesiastes' prophet. This is a law of the universe; some call it the law of attraction. It means what you give out will come back to you. Some say ‘What goes around, comes around.’ These truisms exist because they’re…uh…true. Believe it.  The Laws of Attraction by Brenda Cooper at flickr So: First, write it down. Then get it right. And have a great summer month! Comments04/23/2012 02:19
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